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    • Mundt, Adrian P.; Alvarado Muñoz, Rubén; Poblete, Catalina; Fritsch Montero, Rosemarie; Villagra, Carolina; Kastner, Sinja; Priebe, Stefan (PLoS ONE, 2013)
      Objective: High rates of mental disorders have been reported for prison populations worldwide, particularly in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs). The present study aimed to establish prevalence rates of mental disorders ...
    • Frías Oyarzún, Alondra; Segura Hidalgo, Paula; Toro Cabrera, Luis; Elgueta Segura, Leticia; Torres Díaz, Rubén; Alvo Abodovsky, Miriam (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2021)
      The discovery of the phospholipase A2 receptor antigen and its highly specific autoantibody (anti-PLA2R Ab) was useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with membranous nephropathy (MN). Thus, some international ...
    • Irarrázaval Domínguez, Matías; Prieto Tagle, Fernanda; Armijo N, Julio (Universidad de Chile, Centro Interdisciplinario Estudios Bioética, 2016)
      Mental diseases are common, chronic and disabling, representing a problem in public health of importance in our country and in the world. For most common mental diseases, currently we dispose of medical and psycho social ...
    • Hoffmann, Marianela; Rojas Castillo, María Graciela; Martínez, Vania (2014)
      Background: The widespread use of INTERNET by adolescents, renders it a simple and accessible means for health care campaigns Aim: To perform a systematic review of ISI publications about INTERNET use for adolescent mental ...
    • Elgueta Segura, Letici; Fica Cubillos, Alberto (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
    • Wurmann Kiblisky, Pamela; Zamorano Soto, Pedro; Hemández Spiess, Claudia; Karsulovic Cvitanich, Claudio; Poblete de la Fuente, María Paz (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020)
    • Zitko, Pedro; Borghero, Francesca; Zavala, Cynthia; Markkula, Niina; Santelices, Emilio; Libuy Hidalgo, Nicolás; Pemjean, Alfredo (BIOMED Central Ltd., 2017)
      Background: Scientific knowledge is a fundamental tool for making informed health policy decisions, but the link between health research and public policy decision-making is often missing. This study aims to identify and ...
    • Oróstica Arévalo, María Lorena; Poblete Rivas, Cristian; Romero Osses, Carmen; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (Springer, 2020)
      A pro-inflammatory environment is characteristic of obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This environment through cytokines secretion negatively affects insulin action. Endometria from women with both conditions ...
    • Armanet Bernales, Leonor; Barbieri Ortiz, Zulema de, (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2009)
      During the year 2006, the Faculty of Medicine started a process of curricular innovation in its eight schools. For that aim it was decided to implement a competency-based curriculum,thus defining a conceptual framework to ...
    • Horwitz Campos, Nina; Herskovic Lax, Pedro; Bascuñán Rodríguez, María Luz; Valenzuela P., Sergio; Bravo Lechat, Mireya; Acevedo Pérez, Irene (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2009)
      Organizations develop codes of ethics to give orientations to their members on how to recognize,understand and handle ethical dilemmas in their daily work. In year 2005 a group of faculty members of the Universidad de Chile ...
    • Castillo Niño, Manuel (Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, 2009)
    • Oróstica Arévalo, María Lorena; Astorga Leiva, Isis; Plaza Parrochia, Francisca; Vera Castillo, Carolina; García Angulo, Víctor; Carvajal Gavilán, Rodrigo; Gabler Neale, Fernando; Romero Osses, Carmen; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (Springer Nature, 2016)
      BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: A high percentage of women having polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) exhibit hyperinsulinemia and obesity. Transforming necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is an adipokine that increases in obesity and ...
    • Mendizabal, Manuel; Piñero, Federico; Ridruejo, Ezequiel; Anders, Margarita; Silveyra, María Dolores; Torre, Aldo; Montes, Pedro; Urzúa Manchego, Álvaro Miguel; Pages, Josefina; Toro, Luis G.; Díaz, Javier; González Ballerga, Esteban; Miranda Zazueta, Godolfino; Gutiérrez, Isabel; Michelato, Douglas; Venturelli, María Grazia; Varón, Adriana; Vera Pozo, Emilia; Tagle, Martín; García, Matías; Tassara, Alfredo; Brutti, Julia; Ruiz García, Sandro; Bustios, Carla; Escajadillo, Nataly; Macias, Yuridia; Higuera De la Tijera, Fátima; Gómez, Andrés J.; Domínguez, Alejandra; Castillo Barradas, Mauricio; Contreras, Fernando; Scarpin, Aldana; Schinoni, María Isabel; Toledo, Claudio; Girala, Marcos; Mainardi, Victoria; Sánchez, Abel; Bessone, Fernando; Rubinstein, Fernando; Silva, Marcelo O. (Elsevier, 2021)
      Introduction & objectives: The independent effect of liver biochemistries as a prognostic factor in patientswith COVID-19 has not been completely addressed. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of abnor-mal liver tests ...
    • Vera, D.; Pérez de Arce Oñate, Edith Paola; Defilippi Guerra, Claudia; Landskron, G.; Madrid Silva, Ana (Wiley, 2017)
    • Rivero, Rodrigo; Garin, Claire-Alix; Ormazábal Leiva, Paulina Fernanda; Silva, Andrea; Gabler Neale, Fernando; Carvajal Gavilán, Rodrigo; Romero Osses, Carmen; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (2012)
      Background: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine-metabolic disorder commonly associated with insulin resistance (IR). Previous studies indicate about the expression of molecules involved in the insulin pathway in ...
    • Eyzaguirre Velásquez, Johana; Olavarría Ramírez, Loreto; González Arancibia, Camila; Díaz Merino, Camila; Ariz, Raúl; López, Silvana; Quiróz, Waldo; Beltrán Muñoz, Caroll; Bravo, Javier A.; Julio Pieper, Marcela (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017-05)
      Protein malnutrition can lead to morphological and functional changes in jejunum and ileum, affecting permeability to luminal contents. Regarding the large intestine, data are scarce, especially at juvenile age. We ...
    • Silva Ojeda, Francisco (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2015)
    • Caqueo Urizar, Alejandra; Flores, Jerome; Escobar, Carolang; Urzúa, Alfonso; Irarrázaval Domínguez, Matías (BMC, 2020)
      Background Child and adolescent mental health has scarcely been studied in developing countries, though it is an important aspect of health. Mental health problems in youth often continue into adulthood if not diagnosed ...
    • Mundt, Adrian P.; Chow, Winnie; Arduino, Margarita; Barrionuevo Chebel, Hugo; Fritsch Montero, Rosemarie; Girala, Nestor; Minoletti, Alberto; Mitkiewicz, Flávia; Rivera, Guillermo; Tavares, María; Priebe, Stefan (American Medical Association, 2015)
      IMPORTANCE In 1939, English mathematician, geneticist, and psychiatrist Lionel Sharples Penrose hypothesized that the numbers of psychiatric hospital beds and the sizes of prison populations were inversely related; 75 years ...